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Article: New chief in town Ron Gastia has served for 24 years with Bangor Police Department
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- May 30, 2007
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The first time Ron Gastia stopped somebody for speeding, he made
the driver cry.
That was 24 years ago, when Gastia was a rookie police officer.
Now, Gastia, 49, is in his rookie weeks as chief of Bangor police,
but he hasn't forgotten that first stop.
He caught the driver speeding up Union Street in Bangor. "I wrote
her either five or six tickets - unregistered motor vehicle,
uninspected motor vehicle, speeding, no taillights - I wrote her up
for everything," he said.
"It was the first stop I made on my own and I felt obligated to
write those tickets."
He remembers the woman's name (but won't disclose it) and her
tears, but by her scheduled court date, "she had fixed all the
issues" and ...